A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Port-Vila in Vanuatu. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 167.8985 East, latitude -17.4823 South, depth = 44.336 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/02/25 / 2025-02-10 03:55:06 / February 10, 2025 @ 3:55 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.336 km (28 miles). Unique identifier: us7000peje. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000peje. The temblor was reported at 03:55:06 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Port-Vila (c. 35 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Port-Vila (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 52 km WNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu.
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